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With school letting out it is now a summer of freedom for most students out there.  Now it’s the time for many people to explore new opportunities while taking a well deserved beak. Why not take advantage of this newfound time to learn how to build your own website? It’s not only a great skill to have but it looks impressive to future employers. Below I have compiled a list of tools to learn web design. These tools range from not knowing how to code at all to those who had experience doing website development.


Creating Websites With WordPress
If you are new/inexperienced to web development do not let that stop you from setting one up. There are fantastic resources available to help you set-up your own site without needing to know how to code. Thomas Frank, from the website, College Info Geek, has a great step-by-step guide on how to set up your own portfolio website using WordPress. In less than an hour you can have your own site up and running without needing to know how to code:

Ultimate Guide to Building A Personal Website

Learn Web Development By Coding Projects
For those who want to learn how to do code their own websites, while getting hands-on experience, you can check out Dash General Assembly. Dash allows users new to Web Development to work on web design projects and learn how to program in HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Dash is free to use and has a help forum for those who may be stuck on some of the projects:

Dash – General Assembly

Getting Started with PHP
If you are interested in getting started on the server side of web development try out Code Academy’s PHP tutorial. Code Academy is well known for being a great interactive resource for those new to programming. Their PHP tutorial will help you learn the basic syntax and build the foundation needed to learn more about the language.

Introduction to PHP